The stone-squarers - The Gebalites, the inhabitants of Gebal, a Phoenician city between Beirut and Tripolis, which the Greeks called Byblus,…

The stone-squarers.—This rendering is a curious gloss on the proper name, “Giblites” (see margin). The Giblites were the …

And they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders…

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them] ,
&c.] The stones; for it seems Solomon has not only hewe…

The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labor of Gentiles, which typified their calling into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought…